Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: Punishment
Root: Punish
Meaning: severe handling or treatment
Related words: Punishing, Punished, Punisher, Penalty, Selfpunishing
My word: Blindness
Root: Blind
Meaning: not able to see
Related words: Blinding, Blinded, Blinder, Selfblinded, Blindingly
My word: Hopeless
Root: Hope
Meaning: without hope, dispairing
Related words: Hoping, Hopelessness, Hopelessly, Dispairing, Despondent
EXAMPLE:
My word: Punishment
Root: Punish
Meaning: severe handling or treatment
Related words: Punishing, Punished, Punisher, Penalty, Selfpunishing
My word: Blindness
Root: Blind
Meaning: not able to see
Related words: Blinding, Blinded, Blinder, Selfblinded, Blindingly
My word: Hopeless
Root: Hope
Meaning: without hope, dispairing
Related words: Hoping, Hopelessness, Hopelessly, Dispairing, Despondent